George Mackenzie (Lord Advocate)

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George Mackenzie was a 17th-century Scottish lawyer, politician, and Lord Advocate, notorious for his harsh persecution of Covenanters and remembered as a key figure in Scotland’s legal history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lord Advocate ⓘ
Scottish lawyer ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
buriedIn Greyfriars Kirkyard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1636 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1691 ⓘ
describedBySource Scottish legal history ⓘ
educatedAt King's College, Aberdeen ⓘ
University of Bourges ⓘ
University of Paris ⓘ
University of St Andrews ⓘ
familyName Mackenzie ⓘ
fieldOfWork Scots law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
legal philosophy ⓘ
foundedBy Advocates Library ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasReputation harsh persecutor of Covenanters ⓘ
important figure in the development of Scots law ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
memberOf Faculty of Advocates ⓘ
nickname Bluidy Mackenzie ⓘ
notableFor founding the Advocates Library in Edinburgh ⓘ
persecution of Covenanters ⓘ
role in the Killing Time in Scotland ⓘ
notableWork Institutions of the Law of Scotland ⓘ
Laws and Customs of Scotland in Matters Criminal ⓘ
The Works of that Eminent and Learned Lawyer Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
legal writer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participantIn Restoration-era Scottish government ⓘ
persecutions of Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dundee ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld Lord Advocate of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Lord Advocate

Lord Justice General ⓘ
Member of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
title Lord Rosehaugh ⓘ
workLocation Edinburgh ⓘ

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Aberdeen Grammar School → hasNotableAlumnus → George Mackenzie (Lord Advocate) ⓘ
Catriona → hasCharacter → Lord Advocate Prestongrange ⓘ
linked to: George Mackenzie (Lord Advocate)